Collection includes letters and questionnaires, which Gage sent to prose fiction writers in the United States and Great Britain, asking how one becomes a successful writer. Includes letters to magazine editors, asking what they look for in mss. submitted to them. Includes letters of response and completed questionnaires from writers and editors. Includes drafts for a text book, called Creative prose writing, based on the material; the book was not published. Includes index of authors and story titles from magazines. Includes letters from writer's granting Gage permission to use their names in the preface of his proposed book.
